Americans have only to drive on the nation’s roads and highways or across its thousands of bridges to realize the immediacy of the need for transportation infrastructure upgrades. But, there is another segment of public infrastructure assets that is not quite so visible – the nation’s water infrastructure. Government administrators are facing water systems that […]
The budget knife cut deep into proposed capital outlay projects in Louisiana this week. The House Ways and Means Committee either reduced or eliminated more than a quarter of a billion dollars’ worth of funding for proposed projects statewide as lawmakers continue to deal with a growing state budget deficit. These proposed capital outlay projects […]
Things in Chicago are about to get a little bit brighter! Hailed as “one of the largest municipal lighting modernization programs in the country,” the Chicago Infrastructure Trust (CIT) Monday issued a request for proposals (RFP) from private-sector firms for its Smart Lighting Project. The proposal will replace 85 percent – or more than 345,000 […]
Port activity in the United States is booming. Even more activity is expected when the Panama Canal expansion is complete and more and larger ships begin frequenting American ports. As ports nationwide prepare for this burgeoning increase in shipping activity, contracting opportunities for infrastructure projects are looming large over the next five years. According to […]
After facing criticism for not moving quickly enough to help mitigate health and water safety problems similar to those resulting from lead found in drinking water in Flint, Michigan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is drawing a line in the sand with the states. And EPA officials are promising increased enforcement of drinking water […]
As the United States faces estimates of $3.4 billion in infrastructure needs through 2020, the nation’s public schools, airports, water treatment plants, highways and bridges and other structures and facilities continue to be shortchanged. State and local infrastructure spending is at its lowest in three decades, and the federal investment in infrastructure has dropped by […]
In the wake of the drinking water contamination emergency in Flint, Michigan, and to prevent such a catastrophe from happening in other cities, proposed federal legislation is expected to be refiled to address the nation’s water infrastructure needs. If passed, the legislation could free up billions of dollars to be invested in water systems that […]